Discussion DOGE thread

burninatortech4

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• Apr 18, 2025

• #151

Word on the street at my office has it that US Forest Service is losing 7000 employees (out of 30000) to a combination of VERA (early retirement) and DRP (Deferred Resignation Program). Large parts of the agency have totally lost their ability to function for the American people.

This is BEFORE anyone is forcibly removed (RIF - Reduction in Force) which we're all expecting to happen by June.

Wildland fire, forest ecology and pathology research, biosecurity, recreation, sustainable equitable and transparent timber sales - all will be severely degraded.

I'm sure this will be spun as "government never worked, see?". 60% of my building is gone by 4/30.

 

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Jaskalas

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• Apr 18, 2025

• #152

I assume we have some function of the forest service to thank for eradicating the Large Asian Hornet invasion the past few years.
There will be nothing to stop the invasive species next time.

 

Brainonska511

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• Apr 18, 2025

• #153

burninatortech4 said:

Word on the street at my office has it that US Forest Service is losing 7000 employees (out of 30000) to a combination of VERA (early retirement) and DRP (Deferred Resignation Program). Large parts of the agency have totally lost their ability to function for the American people.

This is BEFORE anyone is forcibly removed (RIF - Reduction in Force) which we're all expecting to happen by June.

Wildland fire, forest ecology and pathology research, biosecurity, recreation, sustainable equitable and transparent timber sales - all will be severely degraded.

I'm sure this will be spun as "government never worked, see?". 60% of my building is gone by 4/30.

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The problem is public perception: so much is done well that people don't notice. But they're going to start noticing as the skeletons of agencies start collapsing in time.

 

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nakedfrog

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• Apr 18, 2025

• #154

"These things are so poorly-managed by the government, we need private companies to step up and fix them"

 

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igor_kavinski

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• Apr 18, 2025

• #155

nakedfrog said:

"These things are so poorly-managed by the government, we need private companies to step up and fix them"

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And guess whose private companies?

Congratulations to the American people for voting in scum who will bring the US to parity with the third world in terms of massive public scams.

 

ch33zw1z

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• Apr 20, 2025

• #156

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security

Gee, who couldve seen this coming

 

UNCjigga

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• Apr 23, 2025

• #157

Federal spending is up $154 Billion under Trump vs. this time last year under Biden. DOGE is an utter failure. All they did was weaken the country.

https://www.cato.org/blog/doge-fell-short-spending-cuts-now-congress-must-lead

Tracking federal expenditures in real time

Track federal expenditures by department and program. Data are updated daily.

www.brookings.edu

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-doge-government-spending-increases-5903992d

 

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ch33zw1z

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• Thursday at 7:01 AM

• #158

UNCjigga said:

Federal spending is up $154 Billion under Trump vs. this time last year under Biden. DOGE is an utter failure. All they did was weaken the country.

https://www.cato.org/blog/doge-fell-short-spending-cuts-now-congress-must-lead

Tracking federal expenditures in real time

Track federal expenditures by department and program. Data are updated daily.

www.brookings.edu

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-doge-government-spending-increases-5903992d

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At this point, it seems clear that weakening our country has always been the intent

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security

https://cybernews.com/security/whistleblower-doge-data-leak-russia-cyberattack-nlrb-labor-board/

Just the stuff we know about rn

 

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zinfamous

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• Thursday at 7:37 AM

• #159

ch33zw1z said:

At this point, it seems clear that weakening our country has always been the intent

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security

https://cybernews.com/security/whistleblower-doge-data-leak-russia-cyberattack-nlrb-labor-board/

Just the stuff we know about rn

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This.

It's only ever been a takeover. Trump promised to destroy the united states and turn it into a fiefdom littered with peasants that he owns, and that want to be owned. This was the purpose of his rallies, and this is what they begged for. Trump years for Imperial Russia and wants to restore the serfs. Republicans seem all to happy to oblige.

I guess these are the glorious times that Greenman loves to be alive for.

 

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Panino Manino

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• Thursday at 10:54 AM

• #160

This is hilarious.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/04/24/doge-ransomware-hackers-demand-1-trillion/

“Give me five bullet points on what you accomplished for work last week or you owe me a TRILLION dollars.”

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Paratus

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• Thursday at 10:59 AM

• #161

Panino Manino said:

This is hilarious.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/04/24/doge-ransomware-hackers-demand-1-trillion/

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Another ~30 years of inflation and we are up to 1 trillion

 

Indus

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• Thursday at 10:14 PM

• #162

@pcgeek11 Yo yo yo Yo YO!!!

https://archive.is/qPNiu

 

mikeymikec

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• Friday at 2:59 AM

• #163

Whistleblower testimony due to DOGE switching off logging and removing security restrictions on government databases, as well as witness intimidation:

https://imgur.com/a/TYx0UQq

https://whistlebloweraid.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025_0414_Berulis-Disclosure-HELP-and-Oversight-with-Exhibits.pdf

 

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mikeymikec

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• Friday at 8:25 AM

• #164

^^ I have to say, it's fucking brave for a whistleblower to try and speak the truth during this administration.

 

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